Kung Fu Rascals

January. 01,1992      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness in search of "The Power Most Big".

Steve Wang as  Chen Chow Mein
Troy Fromin as  Lao Ze
Les Claypool as  Sherriff of Ching Wa County

Reviews

Lucybespro
1992/01/01

It is a performances centric movie

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Forumrxes
1992/01/02

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

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BelSports
1992/01/03

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Donald Seymour
1992/01/04

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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kkipple
1992/01/05

There really is only one way to enjoy Kung Fu Rascals, and that is with several friends who appreciate Asian films and while drinking. Anything else will leave you with an inferior Rascals experience.The laughs during the first 2/3rds of the film were frequent and loud; while the film drags during the end (a fight between two absurd sand-giants) the campy, ridiculous dialogue and ludicrous overacting make this a crowd pleaser. Raspmutant the Pig monk. Bamboo Man. A queer kung fu fighter named Dar Ling. Chicken-fu. Explosive farts. Les Claypool as a wicked sheriff. Toupee torture. A gingerbread man who holds the key to power most big. If you're still not jonesing to see this film, I cannot help you.Did I mention the budget for this film was likely under $30,000? No? Oh, you'll see...Recommended, but again, friends and mind altering substances are probably essential for enjoyment of Kung Fu Rascals.

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Josh Landes
1992/01/06

I'm sure people will try to pass this off as a brilliant piece of camp perfection, but let's not kid ourselves. This movie was painful to watch, despite the bizarre satisfaction of seeing Les Claypool attempt to act. I got the impression that the initial filming was silent, and that the dialogue and sound effects were poorly dubbed on later. Seriously, unless your tolerance for utterly atrocious physical 'comedy' and dialogue that a dyslexic 6-year old could have spat out is ridiculously high, then you have no reason to watch this horror of a production. The sole high point would be the 'POWER MOST BIG' line, but they manage to repeat it enough to make it lose any comedic power.

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deadbyday
1992/01/07

My mate told me of this film and in a moment of madness i Ordered it from america and had it shipped over.HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIts a weird one this film..... watching it seems like an episiode of power rangers on acid (and looking in to the directors past its not supprizing to see that he did indeed direct a few power rangers productions). While watching it with my mate he was gutting himself with laughter a certain points , which while mildly ammusing wherent as funny as I was lead to believe by his high regard of the film.truth is only a few things are all that good..but those few make this movie *WEE SPOILER HERE SO DONT READ THIS BIT IF U DONT WANT TO*1. the lighting of the fart at point bank range..so unexpected 2. Any of the scenes with the "not exactly hertosextual" kung-fu student esp the kicking scene near the end. 3. the main bad guy (the sherif) and the master thief.. these two seem to be real kung-fu fighters as the battle between them is fluidic and like watching a jackie chan fight sequence.. that is highly coreographed (cant spell).* OKIES U CAN LOOK NOW* one other thing is the film tends to drag at the end..and also the ending gives the idea that there is more to come...but there is nothing more...i would think this film is like a pilot for a series that was never made.

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General "Buck" Turgidson
1992/01/08

this movie is goofy and dumb, but is worth checking out for one reason: it stars Les Claypool, bass player extraordinare for the great band PRIMUS. he stars as an evil sheriff and actually does quite a good job.I did like the fact how the movie tried to skewer all kung fu film cliches in 90 minutes but overall it just doesn't hang together that well, but it does succeed on a so stupid it's cool level.

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